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32. Proposal

Although the second young master angrily insisted that he did not want to marry Zhang Douyao's daughter, he finally nodded under the pressure of the eldest young master. At this time, there was no such thing as "free love". Whether men and women, they did not pay much attention to their own marriages. As long as the elders arranged the arrangements, in the end, no matter whether they were willing or not, they would agree to it.

The next day, the eldest young master sent five confidant swordsmen to Chengcheng* County with gift boxes to establish a relationship with Zhang Douyao. The trip was extremely smooth. Zhang Douyao was actually inexplicably caused by the relationship between the Ma family and the Shan family. He thought he had offended the eunuch party and was in panic. Seeing that the Ma family came to show his affection, he almost cried out in excitement. He quickly welcomed the five swordsmen into the house and had delicious food and drinks. When the swordsmen showed their intention and said that they wanted to marry each other's daughter, Zhang Douyao agreed without thinking.

The next thing was natural, and the relationship between the two families suddenly improved. Just like they had never fought or tripped each other before, the exchanges began to become frequent. Today you send me a gift box, and tomorrow I will send you a gift box. The horse galloped in front of the Ma family’s gate, either the eldest son’s knife hand or the Zhang family’s confidant...

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it coldly and decided not to interfere with this matter anymore.

March is coming in a blink of an eye. The so-called spring is the best season of the year. However, this year's spring feels uncomfortable, the temperature is still very low, just like winter has not passed, and the air is also very dry. In the past, there have been several spring rains during this season, but this year's rain has not fallen... It should have been the season when all things are revived, but looking around, the earth is still yellow.

Occasionally, another color shakes in this yellow, and it will not be green, but the figures of farmers wearing macaques working in the fields. What else can I plow in this field? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Years of drought have begun. No matter how good your experience in planting crops, you can't grow crops that don't drink water.

Another group of people from the Zhang family visited this day. Among them, there was a matchmaker wearing a big red robe. It turned out that the Zhang family came to propose marriage to the third lady. The marriage was made up by the matchmaker. The first step was to propose marriage. Exchange "Geng" and this thing was the birth date. After the matchmaker got the "Geng" and pressed it to the statue of the Kitchen God to clean the teacup to measure the spirit. No abnormal situation occurred within three days (brushing the bowl and cup, food was bad, family quarreling, cat and dog uneasy), which meant that the Kitchen God agreed to the marriage, so he went to the next step, "arrange the eight characters", and compare the year Geng and zodiac signs of men and women to see if there was a "conflict".

There are many considerations here, such as the chickens and people born in the year of the dog, why? Because as the saying goes, chickens and dogs are uneasy! If the chickens and people born in the year of the dog become kinship, their family will be uneasy in the future. For example, the tigers and people born in the year of the tigers and the tigers and sheep cannot get married. Why? Because the sheep falls into the tiger's mouth, one side will be destined to have a short life.

After the matchmaker came to the Ma family, he first asked the eldest son for the "Geng Tie" of the third lady, pressed in front of the statue of the Kitchen God, and walked around the entire Ma family courtyard, probably observing whether there was any abnormality in the house. Because she was not familiar with the place, Ma Qianjiu took Zhu Yuanzhang to accompany the matchmaker, and the three of them walked around the yard together.

The three of them walked along the way, and the matchmaker spoke happily, sometimes praising the luxury of the Ma family courtyard, sometimes praising the mighty Jinshi pole in front of the door, sometimes praising the handsomeness of the second young master, sometimes praising the virtuousness of the third young lady... Anyway, the matchmaker said nothing reliable, and she had never seen the third young lady at all, how could she know that she was virtuous?

The three of them turned to the inner courtyard, which was very quiet. Several maids were walking through the corridor with wooden basins. The basins were filled with water, which seemed very heavy. One of them was the little maid Zishengcai, the third young lady. She was very small and brought a large basin of water. When she saw the matchmaker, Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang coming, she seemed a little panicked. She tripped under her feet and fell to the ground with the basin. With a "slam", the wooden basin broke. The water in the basin splashed everywhere, wetting the boss's floor, and the water almost splashed on the matchmaker and Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Oh!" Zi Xincai started crying: "No, I knocked over the water... Woo woo..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were so sharp that he could hear it in just a moment. There was no sadness in the crying of the little maid. Is this fake crying? Why did she come here to fall and then cry again?

Oh, I understand! Looking at the matchmaker standing in front of me, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood that he was deliberately throwing it to the matchmaker to show it so that the matchmaker felt that something abnormal happened in the Ma family when he was "testing his will". The Jiaojun Society disagreed with this marriage... It seems that the third young lady didn't want to get married yet, so she sent Zi Xincai to act?

Ma Qianjiu didn't realize that the little maid was faked and thought that something was wrong at home was really happening. A hint of nervousness appeared on her face, for fear that the matchmaker would be unhappy. If the marriage could not be reached this time, the relationship between the Zhang family and the Ma family would deteriorate again, which was not what the eldest master wanted to see. He couldn't help but hate Zi Xincai angrily. If it weren't for the matchmaker in front of her, he might have scolded her.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zi Xincai deeply, but did not expose it. He just thought to himself: The way a woman solves the problem is so naive and ridiculous. Do you think this fake fall can be terminated? It would be too much to underestimate this kind of marriage with family interests. Don’t say that you just broke a basin, even if you broke the heirloom treasure, the matchmaker would pretend not to see it.

As Zhu Yuanzhang expected, the matchmaker was instructed by the Zhang family. She had to negotiate this marriage anyway. She would not care about a little maid breaking a basin. She raised her head and walked over gently as if she hadn't seen purple cabbage. She also said cheerful words: "Oh, what a cute little maid, even the servants of your Ma family are so energetic, and the lady will not be bad. I think this marriage can be accomplished."

Zi Xincai was lying in the sewage, her face full of disbelief, and she was so cute that she fell like this. She was so cute?

The three of them crossed the puddle that had fallen out of the purple cabbage and continued to walk forward. After a few steps, a big dog rushed out from behind the door, barking wildly. Zhu Yuanzhang was sharp-eyed and saw that the dog was deliberately whipped by a maid, and it seemed that he was creating "cat and dog uneasy" for the matchmaker to show it.

But the matchmaker didn't take it seriously at all and smiled and said, "Your Ma's dog is so energetic!"

After walking a few more steps forward, two pretty maids fought in the flower garden, and they were very serious. The clothes and hair were torn in a mess, with a disheveled face, and they were completely unconventional. One maid's hair was pulled open, and her long hair was spread out like a black hair, scattered on her shoulders. The other maid's chest had two buckles. Fortunately, it was not summer now, and she was wearing thick clothes. Although the buttons on her outer clothes were gone, the little jacket inside still protected the spring light, otherwise she would be embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart: It seems that these three ladies don’t want to get married. They have mobilized so many maids to act. It’s really painful. Unfortunately, they are still too naive. Even if you beat someone to death, the matchmaker will pretend to be invisible.

The matchmaker really didn't care about the maid's fight, but instead smiled and said, "These two maids have a good relationship!"

As soon as she said this, the two maids who were fighting could no longer fight. They stood in a daze, with a deep sense of disappointment casting in their eyes...

The matchmaker turned around and smiled at Ma Qianjiu and said, "Ma Da, I think the situation of the Ma family is so great. The Treasure Lord Club obviously agrees with this marriage. Let's test the eight characters now. As long as the eight characters do not conflict, the marriage can be decided."

Ma Qianjiu was very happy and said, "No problem, please... let's go to the front hall to talk."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Master Ma, I won't go to the front yard anymore. It's hard for me to get involved in the lady's birthday, so I'll go back to the side yard now."

"Okay, you can do it yourself!" Ma Qianjiu led the matchmaker to the front hall hurriedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and waved his hands to the two maids who were still standing dumbfounded and said, "Go and tidy up your clothes and hair!"

"Ah!" The two maids had just realized that they were too involved in the fight just now. They pulled a few buttons of their clothes a little, which was indeed a bit indecent. The two women ran away like rabbits who were caught in an arrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and whispered to a small bush next to him: "Come out, don't hide there."

The bushes shook gently twice, and a dirty little maid came out. The corners of the clothes, sleeves, and a large area of ​​knees were wet. It turned out to be purple cabbage. After she pretended to fall, she didn't even bother to change her clothes, and kept secretly following the matchmaker, trying to see the matchmaker's reaction, but he was very disappointed. No matter what methods the maids used, the matchmaker was indifferent at all.

"Zi Xincai, did the Third Young Master arrange for you to come out to act?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Yes... It's a pity... it's useless... wuwu..." Xiao Zi Xincai really cried this time.

"Stop making trouble, a child's temper." After saying this, he felt a little funny. Zi Xincai was only thirteen or fourteen years old. The third lady has just turned fifteen this year. The master and servant are two children, so it is normal to have a child's temper. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "If two big families want to marry, how can you destroy it with such small means? Go back and persuade the third lady and wait for marriage."

"But, the third young lady doesn't want to marry." Zi Xincai became anxious: "Miss's life was a good life, but she suddenly married to another family. This is too unreasonable. Brother Zhu, everyone said that you have a great plan and even the county magistrate can't beat you. Please help the third young lady find a solution."
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